Putting the ball in play is what I want to do, especially with runners on base.
“Putting the ball in play is what I want to do, especially with runners on base.”
— Xander Bogaerts · Ball
The World Motivation
Putting the ball in play is what I want to do, especially with runners on base.
“Putting the ball in play is what I want to do, especially with runners on base.”
— Xander Bogaerts · Ball
Putting the ball in play is what I want to do, especially with runners on base.
Boston is an amazing city, man. All the sports here, all they do is win.
I'm a shortstop, man. That's where I've played my whole career. Obviously it's a position I take a lot of pride in.
I know for sure I came a long way since the day I signed and growing up as a kid just trying to learn to play the game and be successful and get to the big leagues.
I make the plays I should. Maybe I'm not making all the diving or leaping catches some guys do. But I'm there when I'm supposed to be.
You must remind yourself at all times that the golf ball is nothing. It's an object. It's something to be swatted and sometimes lost and not even looked for.
Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at so many turns and corners, that what they want in weight, they make up in number, and render it less hazardous to stand the fire of one cannon ball, than a volley composed of such a shower of bullets.
The big push for me is the Olympics this year. If I'm healthy, I'm not worried about my ranking. I think I can hit the ball. It's just about my body cooperating. It's about being able to play matches in a row. Right now, I'm not sure how much I can do with that, but we'll see.
They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they tell you to hit it square.